AR-News: (US) Knife-Wielding ‘Colonel Sanders’ Focuses Attention on ‘Kentucky Fried Cruel

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

For Immediate Release:
16 March 2004
Contact:
Sean Gifford 020 7357 9229 ext 226; 0773 457 9092 (mobile)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Holding signs that depict the Colonel as a bloody 
butcher with the caption ‘The Colonel’s Secret Recipe: Live Scalding, Painful 
Debeaking, Crippled Chickens’, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of 
Animals (PETA) will protest the abusive treatment of animals by KFC suppliers at a 
local KFC restaurant: 
Date:    17 March 
Time:    Noon sharp
Place:   KFC, Northumberland Street 
PETA US attempted to work with Yum! Brands executives prior to the launch of 
the campaign, but despite assurances made long ago by Senior Vice President 
Jonathan Blum that KFC would ‘raise the bar’ on animal welfare, the company 
refuses to eliminate the worst abuses. Seinfeld star and ex-KFC pitchman Jason 
Alexander had his contract with KFC cancelled after PETA US enlisted him to 
speak to company execs about the suffering of chickens. PETA has had additional 
high-profile support from hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, actor Pamela Anderson 
and rock icons Sir Paul McCartney and Chrissie Hynde.




full story:

http://www.petauk.org/newsnew/NewsItem.asp?id=2866 
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